11:59 PM,
Sep. 6, 2013

Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma (right) and Indiana Senate President Pro-Temore David Long (left) talk about the findings and examination of Indiana's A to F School Accountability Model during a press conference Friday morning at the Indiana Statehouse.

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Former Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett applied rules fairly when he made changes that raised the state rating at the Christel House Academy and other schools, a report commissioned by the Indiana legislature found.

But the report did not address some critics' claims that the changes to the A to F school rating system could have been politically motivated to benefit the Christel House charter school, which is overseen by a wealthy donor who gave to Bennett's political campaign.

The report, released Friday, was commissioned by two Republican legislative leaders - House Speaker Brian ...